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Obituaries



Geraldine O. Wheeler

Geraldine O. Wheeler

Sep 13, 2009

Geraldine O. “Gerry” Wheeler, 82, passed away early Sunday morning, September 13, 2009.  Mrs. Wheeler served as a U.S. Army Cadet Nurse from 1945 to 1946.  She attended Florida State College for Women (now Florida State University) and later worked for the U.S. Public Health Service. She was married Oct. 19, 1949, to Pete Wheeler, Commissioner of the Georgia Department...

Dr. Harold Dan Rice

Dr. Harold Dan Rice

Sep 12, 2009

 

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Harold Daniel Rice, age 83, passed away September 12, 2009.  He was born September 20, 1925 in the Flat Woods section of Elbert County Georgia.  He graduated from the Nancy Hart Memorial High School in Elbert County, the University of Georgia with a BS degree in Agriculture and the Candler School of Theology...

Evelyn Wilder Bassett

Evelyn Wilder Bassett

Sep 11, 2009

Evelyn Wilder Bassett, 84, of Thomaston, formerly of Decatur died Friday September 11, 2009. She was preceded in death by her husband, William Hugh Bassett and her four brothers and their wives, Walter Howard and Ann P. Wilder; James Clayton and Doris A. Wilder; Jack Wilder, Jr. and Evelyn M. Wilder; and Nathan Clarence and Marty B. Wilder. She is...

Antoinette Smith

Antoinette Smith

Sep 11, 2009

Antoinette “Toni” Smith of Decatur died September 11, 2009.   Toni was born on January 31, 1910 in Thomaston, Georgia to Nettie and J. Fain Johnson.   Toni moved to Decatur in 1928 and attended the Atlanta Conservatory of Music.   She met and married Paul M. Smith, a Decatur native.   Toni was a devoted Mother and Grandmother and will be remembered for...

Charles H. Wright, Jr.

Charles H. Wright, Jr.

Sep 10, 2009

Charles H. Wright, Jr., age 88, died September 10, 2009, at his home in Kings Bridge Retirement Center, Atlanta.  He was born in Lithonia, Georgia, December 10, 1920, the son of Charles H. Wright, Sr. and Annie Plunkett Wright.  He was a graduate of Atlanta Tech High School and served in the U. S. Army Signal Corps during World War...

Phyllis Jean Adams

Phyllis Jean Adams

Sep 9, 2009

Mrs. Phyllis Jean Adams, 83, of Atlanta, died Wednesday, September 9, 2009.  She was preceded in death by her husband, Dewey Comer Adams.  Mrs. Adams is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Allyson and Mark Belvedere, Karen and Daniel Cassidy; sister, Ruby McFarland; grandchildren, Chris Cassidy and wife, Joana, Leigh Bozard and husband Daniel, Tab Belvedere; and several nieces and...

John Marvin Fleming

John Marvin Fleming

Sep 9, 2009

Mr. John Marvin Fleming, 89, of Decatur, Georgia, passed away on September 9, 2009, after a long illness.  Mr. Fleming was born in Commerce, Georgia on August 7, 1920.  He was the son of Thomas Grayson and Mary Elizabeth Gordon Fleming.  Mr. Fleming and Ruth Jeannette Arial were married December 25, 1940.  Survivors include his wife Jeannette; brother, Odis Fleming;...

Joseph Burnette Franklin

Joseph Burnette Franklin

Sep 7, 2009

Joseph Burnette (“Coot”) Franklin, 84, died at his home on Labor Day.  He was born in Atlanta on August 31, 1925. Coot was preceded in death by his wife, Marilyn Young Franklin, in 2006, and by his brother, Sammy, in 1977.  He is survived by two loving children, Beth (Dan Newton) and Michael (Kristen), and five beautiful grandchildren. Coot had...

Mary Nell Mcgirt Peters

Mary Nell Mcgirt Peters

Sep 6, 2009

Mary Nell McGirt Peters, 83, of Decatur, passed away on Sunday, September 6, 2009 at her home after an extended illness. Visitation will be Tuesday, September 8 at A. S. Turner and Sons Funeral Home from 6:00 to 8:00 PM. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am Wednesday, September 9 in the chapel at A. S. Turner and Sons...

Henry T. Rutland, Jr.

Henry T. Rutland, Jr.

Sep 6, 2009

Henry T. "Tom" Rutland, Jr., age 87, of Decatur passed away on Sunday, September 6, 2009. He was born December 15, 1921 in Ringgold, GA to Henry Thomas Rutland, Sr. and Irene Hendry. They moved to Decatur where he attended elementary school and graduated from Decatur High School in 1940. Tom then enlisted in the US Army to serve his...

Susie Boyd Anthony

Susie Boyd Anthony

Sep 6, 2009

Susie Boyd Anthony, of Stone Mountain and Panama City, FL, died September 6, 2009. A native of Emanuel County, she was the daughter of the late James W. and Bernice Youmans Boyd. She is survived by her husband of 44 years, James "Jim" Anthony; son, John S. Anthony of Stone Mountain; and daughter and son-in-law, Heather A. and Wade Collins...

Barb Moffat

Barb Moffat

Sep 6, 2009

Barb Moffat, 69, of Clarkston died Sunday, September 6, 2009. She was a former ReMax real estate agent and teacher in Atlanta. She is survived by her brother, Richard Rasche; sister, Janet Remar; and several nieces and nephews.  A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, September 13th at A. S. Turner & Sons. In lieu of flowers,...

Marguerita Camille Smith

Marguerita Camille Smith

Sep 5, 2009

No local notices were published.

Betty Jean (Payne) Thibadeau

Betty Jean (Payne) Thibadeau

Sep 5, 2009

Betty Mrs. Betty Jean (Payne) Thibadeau, 65, of Decatur died Saturday, September 5, 2009. Betty is survived by her loving husband of 39 years Richard O. (Rick) Thibadeau; son, Joshua R. Thibadeau of Decatur; daughter and son-in-law, Thomas and Lisa Knight of Covington; two precious grandchildren, Eliot Grace and Ethan Claude Thomas Knight of Covington; brother, Charles Payne of Conyers;...

Robert L. Moore

Robert L. Moore

Sep 5, 2009

Robert (Bob) Lee Moore, 61, of Clarkston, GA passed away on Thursday, September 5, 2009.  He was a spirited gentleman and we cherish the time we had with him.  We thank God for the deepness of Bob’s feelings and emotions surrounding those he cared for. He is survived by his sisters Jessie Taylor and Phyllis Peterson, his daughter Stacey Moore,...

Dewey Lamar Anderson

Dewey Lamar Anderson

Sep 4, 2009

Mr. D. Lamar (Andy) Anderson, 81, of Stone Mountain died Thursday, September 3, 2009.  He graduated from Decatur Boys High and retired from Atlanta Motor Lines after 31 years of service.  Mr. Anderson was a member of Mt. Park United Methodist Church and a long time member of the Snellville Lions Club. He is survived by his wife, Frances Clifton...

Harriet Witte King

Harriet Witte King

Sep 3, 2009

Harriet Witte King, 93, died on September 3, 2009, in Atlanta, Georgia. Born in Georgetown, S.C., in 1916, she was the daughter of Armin Franz Witte and Hattie Sparkman Witte. She was the widow of George Savage King, Professor of Law Emeritus at Emory University. Mrs. King attended the College of Charleston and graduated from the University of South Carolina...

Virginia Mann Mccoy

Virginia Mann Mccoy

Sep 3, 2009

Virginia Mann McCoy of Decatur passed away peacefully on September 3, 2009. Funeral services will be Sunday, September 6, 2009 at 3:00 p.m. in the chapel of A. S. Turner & Sons with Dr. Harold D. Zwald officiating. Interment Floral Hills Memory Gardens.  The family will receive friends from 1:00 p.m. until the hour of the service.  Mrs. McCoy was...

Sally M. Hachat

Sally M. Hachat

Aug 29, 2009

Mrs. Sally M. Hachat, of Snellville, formerly of Decatur died Saturday, August 29, 2009.  Mrs. Hachat was a member of Park Place Baptist Church. She was a loving, wonderful person, and will be missed.  She is survived by her husband, Douglas; children, Lisa (Mike) Matyac, Angie (Jack) Beecher, Jessie (Jessica) Hachat; four grandchildren; brother, Brian McCurley (Georgia); sister, Janelle Akins...

Mary Frances Corbett

Mary Frances Corbett

Aug 29, 2009

Mrs. Mary Jarrett Corbett of Tucker, GA, passed away Saturday, August 29, 2009.  She was born July 31, 1927 at the old St. Joseph’s Hospital on Ivy Street in downtown Atlanta and lived in Atlanta most of her life, growing up and attending schools.  She was a graduate of Joe Brown Junior High, class of ´42 and Girls’ High School,...